Ducktown, Tennessee
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Ducktown is a city in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 461 at the 2020 census and 475 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area.
Buildings along Main Street in Ducktown
A train bringing copper ore out of the Ducktown mines, 1939. Smelter fumes have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
View across Ducktown, with Big Frog Mountain in the distance
The Burra Burra Mine is a copper mine located in Ducktown, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Named for the famous mine in Australia, the Burra Burra Mine is located in the Copper Basin geo
Ducktown, Tennessee
…According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all land. The Ducktown Basin Museum, located on the site of the Burra Burra Mine in Ducktown, chronicles the geology and history of the mining activities in the basin. As of the 2020…
Burra Burra Mine collapse site
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Mining machine parts and tools scattered about the Burra Burra Mine site